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19.04.2013 10:56
Working Group for cooperation between Russian Orthodox Church and Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs holds its regular meeting
On 18 April 2013, the 18th meeting of the Working group for cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation was held at the Ministry’s mansion.
18.04.2013 15:18
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill greets President Elect of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following greeting to Nicolás Maduro, President Elect of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
17.04.2013 10:59
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Primate of the Polish Orthodox Church
In a solemn ceremony at the Orthodox Cultural and Religious Center in Warsaw, Metropolitan Hilarion presented the Polish Orthodox Church with an iconostasis for the Center’s Chapel of Ss Cyril and Methodius Equal-to-the-Apostles as a gift from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill.
17.04.2013 10:51
Metropolitan Hilarion delivers a lecture at University of Thessaloniki
At the university main entrance, Metropolitan Hilarion was welcomed by rector Prof Yoannis Mylopoulos, pro-rector Despina Lioliou and dean of the Faculty of Theology Prof Michael Tritos.
16.04.2013 18:54
Patriarch Kirill meets with Cuban ambassador
On April 16, 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Cuba’s newly appointed ambassador to Russia, Emilio Lozada Garcia, at the Throne Hall of the Church of Christ the Saviour.
15.04.2013 23:52
DECR chairman continues his pilgrimage to Mount Athos
On 14 April 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, currently leading the group of pilgrims visiting the Holy Mount Athos with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the Iveron Monastery.
15.04.2013 21:41
First consignment of humanitarian aid from Russia is delivered to Damascus
Humanitarian aid for the Syrian people was collected in Moscow from March 31-April 12 2013, by the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society, with the participation of the Russian Orthodox Church, upon the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
15.04.2013 20:45
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk visits Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos
That same day, the pilgrims visited a scete of the Monastery of St. Panteleimon the Old Roussikon, which is undergoing restoration.
14.04.2013 22:51
Patriarch Kirill meets with Hungary’s minister for social resources Zoltan Balog
On April 14, 2013, after the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated at the Church of Our Lady of Kazan at the Convent of the Nativity of the Mother of God, he met with Hungary’s Minister for Social Resources…
13.04.2013 10:57
Patriarch Kirill chairs a regular meeting of the Supreme Church Council
On April 12, 2013, the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church met for a regular meeting at the Supreme Church Council Hall in the Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. The meeting was chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.